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Back to camp. Fuqing is grateful! "Lord Wang"

Shen Ao waved his hand at him and said: "Don't thank me, I don't know what I do, I don't know each other, I will send more people to patrol the night tonight, and I must not leave the horse, although I forgive me for what to buy, there is nothing wrong with the small heart embankment." Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo”

Li Qingying went down and then arranged the manpower.

Shen Ao went back to his bedroom to sleep, and this awakening was woken up by the sound of early morning drills.

There was nothing to do last night, but a few summer soldiers were wandering outside the camp and were caught by the captain who patrolled the night, beaten and then released. Shen Ao didn't want to stay longer, so he ordered to continue the journey.

When it was time to say goodbye, the generals of Longzhou came, but Na Yeli did not show up on the grounds of physical discomfort. Shen Ao rode through the doorway, and the generals of the Western Xia Army had a strange expression when they saw this Shen Lengzi, and they were a little more respectful than yesterday.

Li Yong quietly followed Shen Ao's horse team. From beginning to end, he didn't dare to say a word, let alone say anything about how Xixia was so gray, and he couldn't avoid Shen Ao.

Shen Ao roared outside the city, and the whole team immediately waved his hand and said, "Let's go." ”

The events of this night spread very quickly, and the nearby state capitals also knew the news, and these generals in the border towns of Xixia had always been unexpected, and they couldn't adapt to it when they saw a more brutal one at this time. But if you don't adapt to it, you have to adapt to it, and people obviously don't care about this at all.

Even if there was news from the Xihe side, Tong Guan took the secret report and only glanced at it. was stunned at first, and then couldn't help laughing. The respectful generals were confused, and Tong Guan handed over the secret report to the guards on the side to take it down and circulate it, and the generals were stunned when they saw it

Then he burst out laughing.

"Tong Xianggong, Shen Ao, I don't know if it's really stupid or fake stupid, such a big thing, we big bosses may not dare to do it, but he did it."

The people below avoid calling Tong Guan father-in-law, and call Tong Xianggong to show respect. Another human: "Longzhou's Yeli first took advantage of us last time and killed more than 100 border troops at a time, this time the king of Penglai County is afraid of anger, I am afraid that I will provoke the anger, that Yeli will do something sensational first." ”

Tong Guan shook his head with a smile and said, "No, I am not a reckless horseman, and I dare not do this."

Then he said: "But no matter what, the king of Penglai County is so nonsense, although it has increased our morale, in order to prevent the Xixia side from making trouble again, the three sides must also put on a show to pass on the official's general order, and after three days, all the departments will practice and review thirty miles south of Longzhou, and everything that can be reached will be so that the Xixia people can see." ，．

The three sides of the northwest are also elite people, and the battle with the Xixia people has always been equal, because the battle line is long, the parts are too scattered, the Xixia people are not afraid, but once they gather, the momentum is enough to make the Xifu people frightened.

Tong Guan not only did this with the intention of acting according to orders, but also had the idea of settling Shen Ao, so showing off his might and arguing with Shen Ao, and it was also good to respond to Shen Ao.

Tong Guan opened his mouth, and there was no reason why he shouldn't have said, and he said: "What Tong Xianggong said, the soldiers should be active, one to deter Xixia, and the other to stretch their muscles. ”

Then there was the promulgation of the general order to prepare for each without mentioning it.

Tong Guan returned to the inner office and Tong Hu came out, waited for Tong Guan to drink tea, and said, "Why is my uncle so happy today? ”

Tong Guan smiled and said, "It's nothing, it's just that Shen Ao made a joke again."."" Licked his mouth, and said: "It's not a joke, anyway, this person knows how much trouble will happen when he enters the Western Summer, and I met him last time, and I found that this person is getting more and more interesting." ，．

Tong Hu didn't have a good impression of Shen Ao, and frowned and said, "This person is very weird, let's stay away." ”

Tong Guan shook his head and said: "The miscellaneous family asked you to get acquainted with the cavalry and put you out into the cavalry army, you have indeed grown a lot this year. The cavalry's formation, march, and encampment are generally familiar, right? ”

Tong Hu's face was proud: "Commander Zhou often supervises, and he has long been familiar with it." ，．

Tong Guan nodded his head and said, "That's fine, when Shen Ao comes back from Western Xia, I will recommend you to be a head in the Martial Arts Academy, what he lacks the most is to lead soldiers, especially the cavalry is even more popular." ”

Tong Hu was stunned and said, "Uncle Zhi.""

Tong Guan waved his hand and said: "You don't have to say it anymore, this is for your own good, the world in the future will be the martial arts academy and those scholars, you don't have the heart to study for the imperial examination." The martial arts academy has a place over there, and there is Shen Ao's care, and the miscellaneous family will be relieved in the future. Second, it is better to have a good future than to fight here for life and death, and you have ten years to lead the army, do it well, summarize what you have learned, and you will definitely have a bright day. ，．

Tong Yu said: "My nephew still wants to follow my uncle to serve your old man." ，．

Tong Guan smiled and said: "The geese are about to fly when they have wings, how can the miscellaneous family stop your future?" Let you go is also for the miscellaneous, the prestige of the miscellaneous family is too high in the border town, if it arouses the suspicion of others, it will be a big disaster at any time. Sending you to the Martial Arts Academy is equivalent to reassuring Your Majesty, and Shen Ao has you on the three sides of the northwest

He also had a connection. In the future, Captain Ran will be added. It's not like some of the old brothers in the past will lose their jobs. ”

Tong Hu hesitated for a moment and said, "My nephew understands, my nephew on the cavalry side still needs to give more advice to Commander Zhou, so as to save time and be looked down upon." ”

Tong Guan stroked the thick beard on his chin with relief and smiled slightly: "It's like this, you can rest assured that you can be like this." ”

Shen Ao's horse team went all the way through Xiazhou, the big sand pile gradually went deep into the hinterland of Western Xia, and then advanced along the edge of the desert, this road was more windy and sandy, and the vegetation became more and more scarce. This desolation is annoying, and the mood can't help but be a little low.

Occasionally, I will encounter a few market towns, most of which are gathering points for hundreds of families to provide convenience for caravans along the road, and when they see the cavalry of the Song army beating their horses over, these people are stunned, but they do their own things, and no one has the interest to take care of them.

This kind of small place where the Tangut and Han people live together, but there is an indescribable quietness, and it is said that even the government does not control it very much, but only sends someone to collect some money and food every month, and most of the time they are left to fend for themselves. They lived in loess houses, with a lot of dried grains at the door, and occasionally a caravan passing by immediately offered some wine in exchange for some money, and then went from the state capital a hundred miles away to buy some necessities of life.

Shen Ao's horse team was huge, fortunately, he knew that there were no supplies along the way, so they all brought dry food, but the horse material was insufficient, and there was no fertile water and grass nearby, but the market town did buy some, and some caravans were said to have dozens or hundreds of cattle, horses, horses, and mules, and they would also buy some forage from this side in case of emergency.

That night. Shen Ao ordered to camp near the market town and live, the day here is fine, as soon as the night is cold, the ground is freezing, and what is even more terrible is that the wind and sand blow up, the eyes can't be opened, and the tent is blown away, everyone learns to be obedient, and often tries to go into the ground a few inches when driving piles.

On the second day, I continued to set off, and when I passed through the edge of the desert, the road gradually improved, and there was still an official road to reach until I reached Huaizhou, and I saw the bustling market town gradually appearing.

Huaizhou is only a hundred miles away from Xingqing Mansion, it is an important town of Weixu Xingqing Mansion, and it is an important stop for trade routes, although it is worse than the town of the Great Song Dynasty, but it is also a prosperous place, and the officials of Huaizhou came out to greet them, this official is still Han, and he said some lies to Shen Ao, and then welcomed into the city.

Shen Ao's deeds in Longzhou have already spread all over Xixia, and everyone is not angry with this guy, but also has the meaning of respecting and staying away, saying that the Xixia people are sincere, Shen Ao is more sincere, and when he says hello, he will use a knife and a gun, and there is really no way to meet this kind of envoy.

After a day of rest in Longzhou, and finally arrived at Xingqing Mansion in the afternoon of the next day, the capital of the Western Xia Kingdom is not majestic, but quite prosperous, passing through the door hole, Li Rui, the temple secretary of the Xixia Hongji Temple, has already been waiting to greet Shen Ao.

The Western Xia Kingdom almost completely imitated the political system of the Great Song Dynasty, although there were slight changes, most of them were still the same, such as this Hongdonkey Temple, which is almost identical.

Shen Ao heard that someone reported his identity, and slandered in his heart: "He is Siqing, and this king is also Siqing, is this peer considered a rival?" n

Thinking in his heart, when Li Rui settled Shen Ao and the others, Shen Ao was an old Jianghu who was familiar with the etiquette of exchanges between the two countries, and said a few words to Li Rui, and then exchanged national letters

At night, Shen Ao took Li Qing and others out for a stroll, Li Qing was quite familiar with Xingqing Mansion, so he didn't worry about getting lost, this way around, Shen Ao suddenly thought that he was in Bianjing, although this place is far inferior to Bianjing, but the neighborhood and archway are almost the same as Bianjing, that is, the inner city and the outer city are also like this, I thought that the Xixia people could still play a little trick out, it turned out to be a naked copycat version, and I didn't even say hello.

Walked around. There was really nothing to go, so he went back to Hongdonkey Temple and called Li Qing and said, "Are we here early?" Why didn't the Tubo, Dali, Khitan, and Jin people come? ”

Li Qingdao: "They should have arrived a long time ago, and it is said that they were arranged to go to the welcome courtyard of the Ministry of Rites." Then he lowered his voice and continued: "According to Beiche's estimate, Xixia is afraid that he will be on guard against the prince, and he is afraid of any conflict with them. ”

Shen Ao pursed his lips and said, "What kind of conflict do I have with them?" Usually others bully me, have you seen this king bully others? ”

This question is too difficult to answer Li Qing was stunned for a moment, so he had to sneer and say, "It seems that there is none." ”

"That's it, the rivers and lakes are sinister, and people are terrible.

Shen Aojing yawned and said, "Go to sleep, most likely there will be news from the Xixia Palace tomorrow." ”